margaritifer

Latin

Etymology

New Latin; from margarīta (“pearl”) +‎ -fer (“bearing”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /mar.ɡaˈriː.ti.fer/, [märɡäˈriːt̪ɪfɛr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mar.ɡaˈri.ti.fer/, [märɡäˈriːt̪ifer]

Adjective

margarītifer (feminine margarītifera, neuter margarītiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

pearl-bearing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	margarītifer	margarītifera	margarītiferum	margarītiferī	margarītiferae	margarītifera
Genitive	margarītiferī	margarītiferae	margarītiferī	margarītiferōrum	margarītiferārum	margarītiferōrum
Dative	margarītiferō	margarītiferae	margarītiferō	margarītiferīs
Accusative	margarītiferum	margarītiferam	margarītiferum	margarītiferōs	margarītiferās	margarītifera
Ablative	margarītiferō	margarītiferā	margarītiferō	margarītiferīs
Vocative	margarītifer	margarītifera	margarītiferum	margarītiferī	margarītiferae	margarītifera

Descendants

English: margaritiferous

References

“margaritifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
margaritifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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